gratification
noun
grat·i·fi·ca·tion
ˌgra-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən 
1
: reward, recompense
monetary gratification for a job well done
especially
: gratuity
2
: the act of gratifying : the state of being gratified
the gratification of physical appetites
3
: a source of satisfaction or pleasure
found gratification in getting his novel published
Synonyms
Examples of gratification in a Sentence
eating good chocolate gives me a sense of intense gratification
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Delayed gratification?
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USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
Focus on giving back, and satisfaction and gratification will be yours.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
People with kleptomania often experience tension before committing theft and relief or gratification afterwards, despite the theft not providing any practical benefit.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The ultimate gratification is to become a classic — outside of and above fashion — and to be identified with a style.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Combined, these two factors create a perfect storm of gratification that gives players both the ability to push the worries of life to the back of their minds for a few hours and feel accomplished for doing so at the same time.
—Ian Walker |, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
Lally says that people often make the mistake of delaying gratification—for example, by treating themselves to a shopping trip on Saturday after going to the gym all week.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
In an unsurprising concession to our era of instant gratification, Gyllenhaal’s Dalton begins hurting people a lot sooner than his predecessor did.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
Nearby cannons fired off a seemingly never-ending stream of red-and-gold confetti, rains of gratification pouring down on Forbes, a grad transfer from Harvard who’d seen about all there was to see in college basketball.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2024
USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
Focus on giving back, and satisfaction and gratification will be yours.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
People with kleptomania often experience tension before committing theft and relief or gratification afterwards, despite the theft not providing any practical benefit.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The ultimate gratification is to become a classic — outside of and above fashion — and to be identified with a style.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Combined, these two factors create a perfect storm of gratification that gives players both the ability to push the worries of life to the back of their minds for a few hours and feel accomplished for doing so at the same time.
—Ian Walker |, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
Lally says that people often make the mistake of delaying gratification—for example, by treating themselves to a shopping trip on Saturday after going to the gym all week.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
In an unsurprising concession to our era of instant gratification, Gyllenhaal’s Dalton begins hurting people a lot sooner than his predecessor did.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
Nearby cannons fired off a seemingly never-ending stream of red-and-gold confetti, rains of gratification pouring down on Forbes, a grad transfer from Harvard who’d seen about all there was to see in college basketball.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Gratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gratification. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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